Idou Anfa Casablanca

... expectations. Tres bien! We also visited a bank today, and a "baby shower," that apparently is close to an all-day affair here. There was three bands, dancing, food...crazy stuff! It was wild, and WAY different. I'm so used to everyone gathering around the mom-to-be, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the 1,000,000th one-sie and rattle that they open. :) There was none of this today, and it was fun

... The cafes are great for people watching as well as coffee,croissants and crepes, because most all of them are open air with all the chairs (rows and rows) facing street side. so, as a passer-by, you almost feel as if you have an obligation to trip and fall, or at least to shake some jazz hands as you sidle past. But, haven't any of these cafes read my "25 Random Things About Me" on Facebook? -- sliding a nice bowl of olives right up next to my espresso?! not cool. but ...

Today was our last day in Morocco and I am as not as sad to see it go as Spain but I am glad I came for the experience because it definitely was a unique one! After breakfast we headed out to the Royal Quarter to do some shopping. I bought a magic box, a traditional Moroccan shirt, and some henna ink to create henna tattoos. It really wasn't that fun to shop because the store owners hassle the hell out of the entire time you are in their store. I didn't have ...

... NPP coming out in front). During the first round of elections my boyfriend Alex took me to a beautiful resort at a beach called Busua, about four hours drive West of Accra (on the way to Ivory Coast). We spent 3 days eating wonderful food, playing board and card games (we played the card games when I was sick of losing the board games) and body surfed on the waves which reached upwards to 10 feet. We headed back to Accra when the long weekend and elections were over, and I ...

... More and more I think that people around the world want to get along, and we would if the political leaders would stay out of the way and quit tussling for power. We had lunch together, and most people had "tagines," which is a steamed dish with meat and vegetables, or couscous (which is what I had). The meats available were chicken, beef, lamb, and pigeon, and the menu was in French and Arabic. I was able to work out the French and help my compadres. I knew ...

... property wall. Preparation of the surface continues; rocks removed are placed on the ones initially removed to form the wall base. After a while, most of this seemingly done by hand, the rocks are removed sufficiently to allow cultivation of the land, and the land is surrounded by a wall.Most of the land holdings seemed to be about a hectare (10,000 sqm) in size, with a stone fence and a house or storage building, again made from stone. Soil within ...

... primeira refeição oferecida consegui rejeitar o frango deixando-o para o Raki, aqui não tive mesmo escolha. 8 dias depois da partida o vegetarianismo caiu por terra. Acho que ja nao falta mais nada nas minhas « manias ». Comi muito. Comi mais do que a fome, comi como se não tivesse visto comida em semanas. Tinha uma salada ao lado, e pimentos grelhados com um molho de cebola e a carne era de alguma coisa que não reconheci, ou ja não sei distinguir, mas não era ...

After Paris we had fly via Madrid to Casablanca. Famous name, huge city... but not worth of spending there a lot of time. We need to do it, coz we were planning to go to Mauritania and we were in need of visa. Till that day we were sure, like almost all tourists that u can have only visa in consulate of Mauritania in Casablanca. Procedure was easy: before 12am u r giving them 2 photos, 1 form, copy of passport ...

... country open to non-muslims, was on our second day schedule in Casa. The third largest mosque in the world -- in line behind Mecca and Medina ...

... assistant, and once again, found that i looked like the people around me... i no longer stuck out like a sore thumb! We went out to Toledo the sunday, and enjoyed the sun as we relaxed and dawdled about Toledo, admiring the mix of arab, catholic, and jewish influences. On monday we thought we better see Madrid city itself... and gave paella a go aswell.. Madrid had some fantastic shopping, although i had nothing to spend, and i must admit that although i ...